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Definition
to notice or understand something — often something that is not obvious
- By their uncertain light she thought she could discern it to be drawn by four horses; and this, while it told the excess of her poor mother's alarm, gave some explanation to such unexpected rapidity.Chapter 43 (96% in)
There are no more uses of "discern" in Sense and Sensibility.
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